BuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoWhistleblower 'would not' put family on Boeing 787 jetwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1612arrow-down115
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minus-squareEncrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·edit-27 months agoThat’s not a silver lining at all. Jets are actually very fuel efficient compared to driving when they’re full of passengers. One less plane in the air could potentially mean 300+ more cars on the road. Not a great outcome.
minus-squareCroquette@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months agoYeah but one less airplane in the air with 300 people in a train is a lot better. The issue is the infrastructure that’s shit in North America.
minus-squareEncrypt-Keeper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoWe would actually need trains that go all the places people want to go for a better price. That would definitely be cool.
That’s not a silver lining at all. Jets are actually very fuel efficient compared to driving when they’re full of passengers.
One less plane in the air could potentially mean 300+ more cars on the road. Not a great outcome.
Yeah but one less airplane in the air with 300 people in a train is a lot better. The issue is the infrastructure that’s shit in North America.
We would actually need trains that go all the places people want to go for a better price. That would definitely be cool.